Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usThu, 11 Oct 2012 14:58:12 +0000Tumblr's "Hollywood Assistants" to become CBS sitcomhttp://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/tumblr-hollywood-assistants-sitcom/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/fd/3b/fd3b64b693889a9be1e467f425defa72.jpg'></p><p>
Single-serving Tumblr <a href="http://hollywoodassistants.tumblr.com/">Hollywood Assistants</a> is the latest to make the jump from laptop to TV.</p>
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The blog, which features short, capitalized sentences about the life of a Hollywood assistant and a funny animated reaction GIF, has been sold to CBS as a sitcom.</p>
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One of the <a href="http://hollywoodassistants.tumblr.com/post/32833101653/when-it-takes-me-a-half-hour-to-decide-if-i-want-to-end">most popular posts</a> on the blog this month is indicative of its typical fare: &ldquo;WHEN IT TAKES ME A HALF-HOUR TO DECIDE IF I WANT TO END MY EMAIL WITH &lsquo;THANKS&rsquo; OR &lsquo;BEST&rsquo;,&rdquo; and featuring a GIF of actress Jennifer Aniston doing her best &ldquo;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thinker">Thinker</a>&rdquo; pose.</p>
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Creator Sarah Bachelis will serve as supervising producer and writer while Fred Savage, who has worked on shows like It&rsquo;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, will direct, Deadline <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/creator-of-hollywood-assistants-blog-sells-tv-comedy-inspired-by-the-blog-to-cbs/">reported</a>.</p>
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&ldquo;Bachelis launched the Hollywood Assistants blog in May, while working as an assistant at CAA [Creative Artists Agency] where she spent nearly a year before landing a job as assistant to New Girl creator/executive producer Liz Meriweather,&rdquo; Deadline <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/creator-of-hollywood-assistants-blog-sells-tv-comedy-inspired-by-the-blog-to-cbs/">added</a>. &ldquo;Bachelis worked on the show for a couple of months, leaving on Aug. 3. The following week, she landed a blind script deal at CBS Studios.&rdquo;</p>
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Bachelis&rsquo; show is just the latest in a growing trend of Tumblr blogs and artists who have turned their blogging habits into real world success. Artist <a href="http://gemmacorrell.tumblr.com/post/18788476488/my-first-book-what-i-wore-today-is-released">Gemma Correll</a> and writers Jason Oberholtzer and Cody Westphal of <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/i-love-charts-tumblr-book-interview/">I Love Charts</a> have bolstered their Tumblr blogs into careers as book writers.</p>
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<em>Photo via Deadline</em></p>
fernando@dailydot.com (Fernando Alfonso III)Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:58:12 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/tumblr-hollywood-assistants-sitcom/EntertainmentTumblr